The following is a chief of mission from the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 to Jordan

Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

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The first chief of mission, Gerald A. Drew

Gerald A. Drew

Gerald Augustin Drew was a career Foreign Service Officer.-Biography:Born in San Francisco, California, Drew was a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley where he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau. He served as U.S. Vice Consul in Pará, 1929; Envoy to Jordan, 1950–52; Ambassador to...

 held the title of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

Diplomatic rank

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. The second chief of mission, Joseph C. Green, was appointed as an envoy but promoted to as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Ambassador

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, as the Legation

Legation

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 Amman

Amman

Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...

 was raised to embassy status on August 27, 1952. Every chief of mission since has held the title of United States Ambassador.

Representative	State	Training	Title	Appointment	Presentation of Credentials	Termination of Mission	Reason
Gerald A. Drew Gerald A. Drew Gerald Augustin Drew was a career Foreign Service Officer.-Biography:Born in San Francisco, California, Drew was a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley where he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau. He served as U.S. Vice Consul in Pará, 1929; Envoy to Jordan, 1950–52; Ambassador to...	CA California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...	Foreign Service Officer Foreign Service Officer A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...	Envoy	February 2, 1950	February 24, 1950	February 25, 1952	Relinquished charge
Joseph C. Green	OH Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...	Non-career appointee	Envoy	May 14, 1952	July 31, 1952	1952	Promoted
Joseph C. Green	OH Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...	Non-career appointee	Ambassador	September 8, 1952	September 23, 1952	July 31, 1953	Appointment terminated
Lester D. Mallory Lester D. Mallory Lester DeWitt Mallory was an American diplomat.Mallory was born in Houlton, Maine. He received a bachelor of science in agriculture in 1927 and a master of science in agriculture degree in 1929 from the University of British Columbia. Mallory earned a Ph.D...	WA	Foreign Service Officer	Ambassador	August 3, 1953	December 1, 1953	January 11, 1958	Relinquished charge
Parker T. Hart Parker T. Hart -Biography:Parker T. Hart was born in Medford, Massachusetts on September 28, 1910. He received a B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1933, an M.A. from Harvard University in 1935, and a diploma from the Institute des Hautes Études Internationales in Geneva in 1936. He attended the Edmund A...	IL Illinois Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...	Foreign Service Officer	Ambassador	February 5, 1958	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sheldon T. Mills	OR Oregon Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...	Foreign Service Officer	Ambassador	February 16, 1959	March 12, 1959	March 18, 1961	Left post
William B. Macomber, Jr. William B. Macomber, Jr. William Butts Macomber, Jr. was an official in the United States Department of State and a United States diplomat who later became the first full-time president of the Museum of Modern Art.- Early life :...	NY New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...	Non-career appointee	Ambassador	March 2, 1961	April 5, 1961	December 25, 1963	Left post
Robert G. Barnes	MI Michigan Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....	Foreign Service Officer	Ambassador	March 4, 1964	March 15, 1964	April 23, 1966	Relinquished charge
Findley Burns, Jr. Findley Burns, Jr. Findley Burns, Jr. was an American Foreign Service officer, Vice Consul, and Ambassador....	FL Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...	Foreign Service Officer	Ambassador	May 10, 1966	July 23, 1966	November 5, 1967	Left post
L. Dean Brown	DC	Foreign Service Officer	Ambassador	September 8, 1970	September 29, 1970	November 29, 1973	Left post
Thomas R. Pickering Thomas R. Pickering Thomas Reeve "Tom" Pickering , is a retired United States ambassador. Among his many diplomatic appointments, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992.-Early life:...	NJ New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...	Foreign Service Officer	Ambassador	February 27, 1974	March 2, 1974	July 13, 1978	Left post
Nicholas A. Veliotes Nicholas A. Veliotes Nicholas Alexander Veliotes is a former United States Foreign Service Officer and diplomat. He served as United States Ambassador to Jordan and Egypt...	CA California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...	Foreign Service Officer	Ambassador	August 18, 1978	September 17, 1978	February 10, 1981	Left post
Richard Noyes Viets Richard Noyes Viets Richard Noyes Viets represented the United States as Ambassador to Tanzania in 1979, Jordan in 1981, and Jordan in 1997.-External links:**...	VT Vermont Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...	Foreign Service Officer	Ambassador	July 27, 1981	August 10, 1981	August 5, 1984	Left post
Paul H. Boeker	OH Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...	Foreign Service Officer	Ambassador	August 13, 1984	September 1, 1984	August 13, 1987	Left post
Roscoe Seldon Suddarth	MD Maryland Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...	Foreign Service Officer	Ambassador	July 31, 1987	September 16, 1987	July 27, 1990	Left post
Roger Gran Harrison	CO Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...	Foreign Service Officer	Ambassador	June 27, 1990	August 7, 1990	July 9, 1993	Left post
Wesley William Egan, Jr.	NC North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...	Foreign Service Officer	Ambassador	February 11, 1994	March 19, 1994	July 13, 1998	Left post
William Joseph Burns William Joseph Burns William J. Burns , an American diplomat, is the current Deputy Secretary of State and the highest ranked Foreign Service Officer in the United States. He is only the second serving career diplomat in U.S. history to become Deputy Secretary...	PA Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...	Foreign Service Officer	Ambassador	June 29, 1998	August 9, 1998	June 7, 2001	Relinquished charge
Edward William Gnehm, Jr. Edward Gnehm Edward William Gnehm, Jr., also known as Skip Gnehm was most recently the U.S. ambassador to Jordan and is now a faculty member at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs....	GA Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...	Foreign Service Officer	Ambassador	August 7, 2001	September 20, 2001	July 12, 2004	Left post
David Michael Satterfield	VA Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...	Foreign Service Officer	Ambassador	May 12, 2004	Unknown	Unknown
David Hale David Hale (ambassador) David Hale was sworn in as United States Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on November 2, 2005. He is currently the United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace....	NJ New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...	Foreign Service Officer	Ambassador	November 2, 2005	November 7, 2005	Unknown
Robert S. Beecroft Robert S. Beecroft Robert Stephen Beecroft was the United States Ambassador to Jordan from 2008 to 2011.He received a bachelors degree from Brigham Young University and a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He practiced law in San Francisco, California before he joined the US Foreign Service in 1994...	CA California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...	Foreign Service Officer	Ambassador	July 17, 2008	Unknown	July 2011
Lawrence C. Mandel		Foreign Service Officer	Chargé d’Affaires a.i.	July 2011		Incumbent

See also

• Jordan – United States relations
• Foreign relations of Jordan
  Foreign relations of Jordan
  The foreign relations of Jordan have consistently followed a pro-Western foreign policy and traditionally Jordan has had close relations with the United States and the United Kingdom. These relations were damaged when Jordan proclaimed its neutrality during the Gulf War and maintained relations...
  
  
• Ambassadors of the United States

External links

• United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Jordan
• United States Department of State: Jordan
• United States Embassy in Amman